Re: [artworks] Positioning of dialogue boxes.
- From: Tim Powys-Lybbe <tim@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: artworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:52:28 +0100
In message of 10 Jun, Kell <kell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Now that I am using Geminus with two screens, I have noticed
> inconsistencies in the positioning of Artworks dialogue boxes.
>
> There are three possibilities:
> Ctrl-f1: Document info - opens at pointer position;
> Ctrl-f2: New colour - opens where last opened;
> Ctrl-f3: Edit colour - opens where last opened;
> Ctrl-f4: Line thickness - opens at pointer position;
> Ctrl-f5: Line ends - opens at centre of screen;
> Ctrl-f6: Arrowheads - opens at centre of screen;
> Ctrl-f7: Dash pattern - opens at centre of screen;
> Ctrl-f8: Join style - opens at centre of screen;
> Ctrl-f9: Alignment - opens where last opened;
> Ctrl-Sh-f4: separations - opens at pointer position
> etc etc.
>
> It's the ones that open at the centre of screen which are annoying,
> because they straddle the two monitors, and have to be moved before they
> can be used. (True also of error messages, but I expect that's hard wired
> into the OS.)
>
> An alternative to the centre of screen would be the centre of the working
> window, or, better, where last opened (so you could ensure all dialogue
> boxes appearing on the right screen leaving the working document clear on
> the left).
>
> Of course, there must be precious few users of Artworks who are using two
> screens, so it would be unreasonable of me to expect any major changes
> solely at my behest!
>
> But if this was easy to change....
I thoroughly support these proposals - with my two-screen system.
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Tim Powys-Lybbe tim@xxxxxxxxx
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